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We Will Always Love Her: Honoring Whitney Houston

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Whitney Houston’sdeath on February 11th at the age of 48 came as a shock to the music world. But in the months that followed fans, friends, family and fellow musicians were able to pay their respects to the diva.

Less than 24 hours after Whitney passed away, Jennifer Hudson was on stage singing “I Will Always Love You” to a teary-eyed crowd at the GRAMMYs.

In footage from the rehearsal, Hudson did break down, but that night on stage at the GRAMMYs she honored Whitney with a pitch-perfect performance of The Bodyguard theme.

Whitney returned to the big screen for the first time since her 1996 starring role in The Preachers Wife this past August in Sparkle, which would be her final film role, playing mom to Jordin Sparks. In the video for “Celebration” from the movie’s soundtrack, Jordin and her cast mates celebrated Whitney’s life and work.

Jordin again took to the stage in tribute to her idol at the recent VH1 Divas Live to sing “I’m Every Woman” along with Melanie Fiona, who did a mash up of “I Want To Dance With Somebody” and “It’s Not Right, But It’s Okay,” and Ledisi who took on “How Will I Know.”